Reply to thread

Message: [QUOTE="Dogdeacon, post: 2663949, member: 1026"] I think this is a great litmus test for the G-league system and for college basketball. [B]On the pro G-side[/B] 1. Kid can make $ as others have said on endorsements. It'll be interesting to see what these are though b/c the G-League is so low profile and low budget. I tried to look up stats recently and their website stinks, its hard to know what's going on. It might change with a 'star' or two, but I don't think such a thing exists out of high school. LeBrons are a once every 10-ish years event and you can't build a league on that. 2. Agents can and definitely will spend $ on spec. I don't know how these agreements work and it'll certainly evolve and depend on the talent or perceived talent of the prospect. I.e. Harry Giles might have gotten guaranteed money from an agent. Yes he got drafted 1st round, but still proving that even surefire first rounders have unknown NBA futures. 3. I think its better for agents and colleges to compete for high school kids then colleges and NBA. Choose $ or education, this is supposed to be why you go to college. 4. G-League draft per the article is in October. Another interesting litmus test as the kid sits on the sideline & watches his classmates leave and waits. Then after the draft he'll watch his bball peers get the college hype and TV exposure. Need some test cases to do this and report how it goes. Successes and failures will ultimately weed out who can & should consider G league and who should not. 5. Definitely an advantage for NBA affiliated G league teams to get a hard look at kids. I don't agree that they'll hold them out or play any tricks with trying to hide potential. Bottom line is always the best thing for basketball players is to play basketball. But it is a very weird dynamic that a team developing a player has no rights to that player. I'd guess the NBA moves towards something different either: A. separate G league draft process, B. team can forfeit their first round pick and sign their own G-leaguer?. Something will happen relatively quickly (next year I bet). 6. The NBA can stay away from scouting and recruiting high school kids and higher draft risk of that and simultaneously stop the noise free market bs about requiring college, keep NBA player age minimum for quality of game and riskiness of draft & $, but allow players that have no interest in college to play pro ball. [B][U] Pros for NCAA/College Basketball[/U][/B] 1. Ultimately get the top 5-10 one & dones out so the game becomes more competitive, more seasoned players and experienced teams. Its much better for game if more top teams have more players around for > 1 year. 2. Calipari is $hitting his pants over this, does he have a plan B!? Even if ever other thing about this goes wrong can we please have a couple of his recruits split to G-league. Pretty please. 3. You'd think 'they' have to be talking to Adam Silver, except if 'they' is Mark Emmert, I am relatively certain Silver won't suffer that fool. I don't see anyone on the NCAA BOG (nice that Herbst is on there though) that would be an ideal go-between for NBA talks. Wait Men's Basketball committee, Chairman: Jeff Hathaway (HA!). Bill Self seems like the only pure basketball guy, they gotta put someone on the board who knows their way around the NBA on that sucker pronto. Looks like Dan Gavitt is the liaison - it'd be cool if he saves CBB the way his dad jump-started the modern era. 4. Push for a deal that NBA agrees hands off for 2 years once a player goes to college. This may occur naturally, but at first they'll still be plenty of one and dones and with the lower G-league profile & different competition it will be really hard to assess 1yr college guys vs 1 yr G-league = logical for ALL to make college 2 years minimum. This will push more kids into the G-league but even if its 10+ kids per year I don't think it makes a tangible difference. Overall CBB quality, teams will get better with more continuity and stars will still emerge. [/QUOTE]

Verification: First name of men's bb coach